Machine for crushing wood pallets
OwnerPaul L. Hufnagelinventor
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Abstract
A machine for crushing wood pallets having a stationary table with a grid providing vertical passages therethrough, a ram mounting above the table and reciprocable towards and away from the table and having an array of downwardly extending cutters which, when the ram is fully advanced towards the table, extend partially through the table grid, hydraulic cylinder-pistons for alternatively reciprocating the ram towards and away from the table, a conveyor for moving wood pallets onto the table and a collector below the table for collecting broken pieces of crushed wood pallets passing through the table grid.
Claims8
A machine for crushing wood pallets comprising:
- a stationary table having a grid providing vertical passages therethrough;
- a ram mounted above said table and reciprocable towards and away from said table and having an array of downwardly extending cutters which, when the ram is fully advanced towards said table, extend at least partially through said table grid;
- means of reciprocating said ram alternately towards and away from said table;
- conveyor means for moving wood pallets onto said table;
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- means below said table for collecting broken pieces of crushed wood pallets passing through said table grid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.